Chapter 4 Let's get a divorce then.
"Good heavens! They were waiting for me here!"
Before Li Shiyue could figure out what to do, a familiar, anxious voice called out "Sister-in-law!" came from the crowd on the outside.
The call of "sister-in-law" made Li's mother, who was confronting Li's father, turn her head. A path automatically parted in the crowd again. Li's grandmother and Li Wangming, who had been standing at the back of the crowd for a while, quickly walked over.
Upon reaching them, Li Wangming glanced at his elder brother before turning to his mother, who had raised him since childhood. He asked with concern, "Sister-in-law, are you alright?"
Li's mother, who had been standing strong and straight like a warrior, felt a release of some of the pent-up anger after being questioned by Li Wangming. The tears that had been building up in her eyes finally flowed out like a broken string.
Li Shiyue pulled Shi Tou forward, and she stretched out her arm to half-hug Li's mother, giving her support.
"Grandma, Second Uncle, Father..."
Grandma Li, who was using a wooden stick as a cane, raised her hand to stop Li Shiyue from saying what she was about to say.
“Your grandma and I have been here for a while now, and we’ve been standing outside the whole time.”
Li Shiyue's eyes widened; she hadn't expected this.
Before Li Shiyue could speak again, Li's grandmother, leaning on her wooden cane, walked step by step toward Li's father, stopping when she was a step away from him.
Before Li's father could even utter the word "Mother," Li's grandmother swung her arm and delivered a resounding slap to his face.
This sudden slap was unexpected not only by the villagers of Lijia Village who were watching, but also by Li's father, who was hit.
"Mother, you hit me?"
Faced with Li's father's question, which was filled with astonishment and grievance, Li's grandmother only glanced at Qin Tao, who was still kneeling on the ground, and then glared at Li's father, saying word by word: "My Li family has no rule of taking concubines!"
You are my eldest son. You were already grown up when your father was still alive. You know how your father and I suffered at the hands of your concubine.
"Since you've done such a thing today, how can I, your mother, not slap you?"
It turns out that when Li's grandfather's father was seriously ill, he found a lover and even brought him home openly.
The wife, who was already seriously ill, died on the spot due to this shock.
Grandfather Li could only watch as his father married this mistress just over a month after his first wife died, finding him a stepmother.
Fortunately, his stepmother did not give birth to his own child, so Grandfather Li managed to survive, albeit with some difficulties. Although life was tough, he eventually married Grandmother Li with the help of his clan when he reached a certain age.
But less than half a year after Grandmother Li married into the family, Grandfather Li's father fell seriously ill and died, leaving behind this stepmother.
This stepmother, relying on her seniority, has made a lot of trouble for Grandpa Li and Grandma Li. Not only does she take away the money that the two of them have worked so hard to earn, but in the dead of winter, Grandma Li also has to go to the frozen river to wash clothes for this stepmother. As a result, she has developed a lot of illnesses at a young age.
When Li's father was a little older, his stepmother choked to death while secretly eating eggs at home.
Only then were Grandpa Li and Grandma Li finally able to live their own lives.
Therefore, Li's grandparents deeply resented those who became mistresses to men.
But now, on this journey of fleeing famine, Li's father has actually done such a thing with Qin Tao. How could Li's grandmother not be angry?
Seeing Grandmother Li's posture, Qin Tao, who had been kneeling on the ground, sensed something was wrong and moved her knees toward Li's father.
"Ah! There's no way out!"
Let me die with the baby in my belly!
After shouting those two sentences, Qin Tao slowly got up from the ground at half speed, and then staggered towards the boulder behind Li's father.
As expected, Qin Tao, who was moving so slowly, was grabbed by Li's father and pulled into his arms, whereupon he anxiously inquired about her condition.
If it weren't for the difference in perspectives, Li Shiyue would have applauded Qin Tao's performance; it was truly better than any of the actors in the TV dramas she watched before her transmigration.
Grandma Li looked at the two people in front of her, and a surge of anger rushed to her head, making her chest ache with rage.
What Li's father did next left everyone present speechless.
He half-embraced Qin Tao, who was sobbing again, and knelt down before Grandmother Li with a "tragic" air, as if a hero had to cut off his own arm.
"Mother, Tao Niang is carrying my child!"
As he spoke, Li's father gently patted Qin Tao's shoulder. Then, he suddenly looked up at Shi Tou, who was standing next to Li Shiyue. Shi Tou was slow to react and was still confused. He was still a little upset about what Li's father had done to him earlier.
To this day, Shi Tou still doesn't quite understand what happened after Li's mother and Li Shiyue came looking for him.
Therefore, he was even more confused as to why his father was glaring at him angrily again.
But his animalistic instincts were still there, and Shi Tou quickly hid behind Li Shiyue, as if Li's father wouldn't be able to see him that way.
But Shi Tou never imagined that even if he hunched his shoulders and hid behind Li Shiyue, his six-foot height would still make him more than half a head taller than Li Shiyue. How could Li Shiyue, with his small frame, possibly hide his big size?
Stone's actions made Li's father even more determined. He went to see Li's grandmother again: "Mother, it's not that Chunniang is bad, but Stone is mentally challenged, and Shiyue is a girl. All these years, Chunniang has not been able to get pregnant again. It looks like my family line is about to end!"
I am the eldest son of the Li family, how could I let our family line end?
Mother, Tao Niang is carrying my child. I still have a chance to give birth to a healthy son!
Mother, please allow Tao Niang to come into the family!
Mother, I can't live without my son!
Watching his father's performance, Li Shiyue felt that the modern saying was incredibly apt: "A shameless person is invincible!"
Isn't that right?
Judging from Li's father's behavior, he was the one who disregarded propriety and shame to have sex with Qin Tao, all for his own inner desires. But now he's claiming that it was to ensure the Li family line continued and that he and Qin Tao even sought opportunities to have an affair on the road during their escape from famine.
Li Shiyue felt that if she were in modern times and could lower her moral standards, she probably wouldn't have so many troubles.
Look at Li's father, people with no moral compass really do live a carefree life.
Li's father's behavior infuriated Li's grandmother, causing her blood pressure to spike and her eyes to turn red. Furious, Li's grandmother stepped forward and slapped Li's father on the back with her cane.
"You unfilial son, I'll teach you to be shameless and have no sense of decency! I might as well beat you to death!"
Although the wooden stick made muffled "thump thump thump" sounds when it hit Li's father's back, Li Shiyue, watching from behind, could tell that Li's grandmother wasn't using her full strength.
You know, although Grandma Li is not young, a woman who has been doing farm work for many years doesn't have that much strength in her hands.
"Li Wangguang, then let's get a divorce!"
"Mother!"
"Sister-in-law!"
"Chunniang!"
No one expected that Li's mother would say such a thing at this moment.
Li Shiyue stared wide-eyed in surprise, Li Wangming gaped in disbelief, and Li's father almost prostrated himself on the ground. He knelt down and turned to look at Li's mother, his eyes filled with anger, confusion, and a hint of regret that was hard to discern.
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